Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2012

Defense Spending, the Super Committee, and the Price of Greatness

November 2011

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Abstract

The future of America's national security hangs in the balance. Facing a looming Thanksgiving deadline, a select bipartisan panel of 12 lawmakers is struggling to hammer out legislation that would reduce the federal deficit by more than $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. However, it remains unclear if they will succeed.